Tag: maritime piracy

  • Hi-Tech Solution

    A US robotics company is working to perfect a “magnetized robot” to climb up ships hulls to spy on pirates. The ReconRobotics system would allow a vehicle to carry a […]

  • Cash Calls

    The Somali pirates who have been holding seven Danes as hostage since February have turned down a ransom of around US$600,000. The brother of Jan Quist Johansen, whose family was […]

  • Prison Beckons

    A Yemeni Court has passed down a ten-year prison sentence for two Somalis convicted of piracy crimes in the Yemeni territorial waters. During the hearing chaired by Judge Abdu al-Awadhi, […]

  • Tanker Taken

    Somali pirates hijacked a chemical tanker with 25 crew members aboard off the Kenyan coast over the weekend, according to officials. News reports state the captured Singapore-registered ship “MT Gemini”, […]

  • Not Guilty Plea

    A Somali man the U.S. believes to be the highest-ranking pirate it has ever captured pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to piracy, kidnapping and weapons charges. The court […]

  • Running out of Patience

    When you are provoked beyond all measure and there seems no immediate prospect of respite, you are entitled to protest as loudly as you are able. So if the man […]

  • Harsh Reality

    A seafarer, Sanauddin Baloch, has spoken of his time in captivity onboard “Rak Afrikana”. During his captivity he lost 20 kilograms, he suffered mental, physical and emotional torture. The ordeal […]

  • Cash Pledge

    South Korea has pledged US$500,000 to the international trust fund aimed at combating piracy off the coast of Somalia, according to Seoul’s foreign ministry. The contribution was announced at a […]

  • Seafarer Protest

    Thousands of seafarers will take part in a protest marches in eight cities across India on Wednesday to condemn the hijackings and hostage taking by Somali pirates. The protests will be held […]

  • India Takes Fight to Pirates

    With the rising threat of piracy, India has an opportunity to show it’s able to step up as a co-operative regional and potential global power. In September 2008, a registered […]